Comments on: Lana Lang gets lead role in STREET FIGHTER

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:08:43 +0000

They weren’t seriously considering those white girls to play Chun Li were they?

Well in that case, Kristen is easily the best choice, even if she has a darker complexion.

By: Morgaina

Morgaina — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:58:45 +0000

That’s correct, she is half-Asian. Her mother is Chinese. Her Father is Dutch explaining her last name.

I have seen some of her fighting ability on Smallville. Actually, some of her techniques are very good, quite sharp. So I got curious and checked out her bio on IMDB. It turns out I was correct in my assumption – she has some martial arts training. She’s only listed as a green belt in karate though which explains why she’s not as impressive as say… Jackie Chan or Jet Li or even Sarah Michelle Gellar.. as an action star. But based on what I’ve seen she’s likely to improve in her martial arts abilities given the chance – she has the talent for it.

Honestly, I’d rather see Kristen instead of Kiera portray Chun Li. Kiera’s fighting abilities fall in the realm of school yard chick fight.

(BTW, if anyone wants to doubt my judgment on martial arts abilities, I have 8 plus years of martial arts training. One of my instructors went on to be part of Jackie Chan’s stunt team and another had a stint in a Stephen Seagal film.)

Oh, and who watches the Street Fighter movies for the acting???

By: Tino

Tino — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 19:37:19 +0000

People do know that she is half asian right?

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:40:04 +0000

It’s obvious that you didn’t watch Smallville enough, she’s a great actress, also she knows martial arts. Every actor needs a movie for as least being successful in the future. Just like when all the people said that Johnny Depp wasn’t a great actor and look him now or Will Smith.

By: memy

memy — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:08:16 +0000

Is it a fashion to hate Kreuk?

She will be great! and this is only one film in her career after Smallville.
The woman IS talent, you should watch ‘Partioion’ and i also think she was very good as Lana.

By: rodneywiseguy

rodneywiseguy — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:35:24 +0000

Actually Kristin is highly talented..and saying she is limited in her acting is just plain ignorant or dubious….

If anyone can flesh out this cartoon character it is Kreuk.
I wish her luck in this movie…and with excellent small movies like Partition… I hope this gets her more lead roles in the future with more substance or maybe romantic comedies.

The woman is just stunningly beautiful and has an amazing
acting ability.

By: what

what — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:10:00 +0000

Caucasian?? Is that sarcasm JaySmack? You are talking about Kreuk right? Not Biel? I don’t get it.

By: JaySmack

JaySmack — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:33:14 +0000

HAHAHA!! A caucasian Chun Li? This is worse than a Hispanic Invisible Woman, and I thought that was pretty stupid.

By: Will Reynolds

Will Reynolds — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:00:25 +0000

God, I haven’t stopped laughing since I heard this! I feel sorry for her, her film career is now officially worse that Tom Welling’s… and that’s going some!

I wonder how many actresses turned this down before they arrived at Kreuk? Ziyi Zhang, Gong Li, Maggie Q, Bai Ling??? I imagine they are all glad they dodged this bullet.